MySheen

How does the mantis breed?

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Mantis is the natural enemy of agricultural pests, is a beneficial insect, many people have seen praying mantis. So do you know how mantis breeds? Let's take a look at it together. First, how does the mantis breed? The male mantis finds the female mantis and begins to mate. After mating is over,

Mantis is the natural enemy of agricultural pests, is a beneficial insect, many people have seen praying mantis. So do you know how mantis breeds? Let's take a look at it together.

First, how does the mantis breed?

The male mantis finds the female mantis and begins to mate. After mating, the male will look for a new mate. If the female mantis is hungry, it will eat the male mantis. After successful mating, it will lay eggs on a branch or wall and die after laying eggs. The next year, when the temperature reaches 25 degrees, the little mantis will hatch.

Mantis is a hermaphroditic insect. After mating, if the female mantis is hungry, the female mantis will eat the male mantis to replenish the nutrition, and then the female mantis lays eggs and wraps the egg mass with foam to prevent the eggs from losing water and drying.

Second, how to raise mantis?

1. Preservation of oocysts: according to indoor and outdoor observations, locust oocysts generally hatch when the temperature is stable at 20 ℃. Therefore, oocysts are collected from November to December and can be preserved at room temperature until April, but should be kept dry and moistureproof and rodent-proof. After May, keep it in the refrigerator according to the temperature and utilization needs.

two。 Outdoor enclosure breeding: in late May, the mantis eggs to be hatched will be transferred to the cage, and after hatching, they will be released according to 50 heads per square meter. Shrouded in the planting of a variety of small trees and cotton and other isolators, establish an environment similar to nature, reduce carnage, cover Reed mats in sunny and rainy days. Before the 3rd instar, the nymph substitute feed was made into paste, and the 4th instar offspring feed was steamed into a cake shape. The paste feed is placed on the branches and leaves of the isolator and in the shape of a cake in a small rubber bottle stopper. Get rid of moldy residue in time and keep the feed fresh.

Mantis is a very common beneficial insect. In ancient Greece, mantis was regarded as a prophet because its forearm was raised like a praying girl.

 
0